能力 って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。意外と月10回レッスンするのも大変ですね(笑) 毎日英会話よりは楽と思いましたが、復習・予習が必要なので仕事の繁忙期はだいぶハードです。。

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

How should you organize your job history in a CV?

返答：

I should organize my job history from the most current to the least current.

質問：

How would an employer feel if someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history?

返答：

If someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history, the employer would think that they wouldn't be a stable employee.

質問：

Is it a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history?

返答：

Yes, it's a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history, because they might give you some very valuable information about the person.

質問：

Give me some examples of corporate achievements.

返答：

Some corporate achievements are acquiring a big client, merging with a big company, and outselling all the other salesman.

質問：

Should your achievements be listed in your job history?

返答：

Yes, my achievements should be listed in my job history because it leads the future employer knows exactly what I achieved in my previous position and not just what position I held.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

質問： 

Give me some examples of personal achievements.

返答：

Some personal achievements are graduating school, getting married, buying a house, building a robot, and creating your own company.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

aspiration: 願望;　a strong desire to make something or to do someting

underachieve: 期待されたよりも悪く行う、実際の能力より低い成績を取る; you don't want to achive something, to do less well than you could or should do 

質問：

If I told you I wanted to underachieve in my life, what would you think?

返答：

If you told me you wanted to underachieve in your life, I would think that you were lazy and had no aspirations.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

competent (adj) : 有能な、能力のある（何かをするのに必要な技術や知識を持っている）

competence (noun) :能力（仕事などを問題なくこなすために必要なレベルの能力）;  the ability to do something well, the power that a person has

- e.g.) I want to gain high level of competence in English = I want to have high level of ability in English

質問：

What people are competent enough to draft a contract?

返答：

Lawyers are competent enough to draft a contract.

質問：

What competence do you think is valuable when you are managing a large team of people?

返答：

I think having competence in leadership skills and organization is valuable when you are managing a large team of people.

質問：

If I were an incompetent teacher, do you think you would notice? 

（もし私が有能でない先生だったら、あなたは気づくと思いますか）

返答：

Yes, if you were an incompetent teacher, I would notice because you would just be sitting there confused and not knowing what to say next.

（もしあなたが有能でない先生だったら、私は気づくでしょう。なぜなら、あなたはただ混乱して、次に何を言えばいいかわからずに座っているだけだからです。）

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 15th time, 6h5min

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